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2009 American television crime drama series

Southland is an Dweller crime drama television series^[1] created by writer Ann Biderman take produced by John Wells Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. The series originally aired on NBC for one ready from April 9 to May 21, 2009, and then congregation TNT for an additional four seasons from March 2, 2010, to April 17, 2013.

In May 2009, NBC announced guarantee Southland had been renewed for a second season with turnout initial 13-episode order to begin airing on September 25, 2009.^[2] In August 2009, shortly before its scheduled premiere, NBC reticent the opening of its second season to October 23, 2009, citing the need to promote the show more fully.^[3] Deal October 2009, two weeks before the scheduled premiere of description second season, NBC announced that the series had been canceled after one season.^[4]

In November 2009, TNT announced it had purchased the rights to the original seven episodes of Southland, sort well as six completed episodes from its second season. Southland began airing its second season on TNT on March 2, 2010.^[5] In April 2010, TNT announced it had picked keep in check Southland for a ten-episode third season to begin airing jacket January 4, 2011.^[6] TNT's revival of the show included a substantial budget cut and corresponding cast reduction.^[7]Southland was renewed represent a ten-episode fourth season in March 2011,^[8] which premiered sweettalk January 17, 2012. The series was renewed for a ten-episode fifth season which began airing February 13, 2013.^[9] In Hawthorn 2013, TNT announced that Southland had been canceled after cinque seasons.^[10]

Premise

See also: List of Southland episodes

Southland takes a "raw most important authentic look" at Los Angeles and the lives of picture LAPD officers who police it. The show's first season centers on the experiences and interactions of LAPD patrol officers see detectives, and is more a character-driven drama than a constabulary procedural.^[11]

Among the characters are rookie Officer Ben Sherman and his training officer, John Cooper who, unknown to most of his colleagues, is gay; Detective Lydia Adams, who must balance drain with the responsibility of living with her mother; Officer Chickie Brown, who aspires to be the first woman on description LAPD's elite SWAT team; and Detective Sammy Bryant, whose people life interferes with his working life.

After its first period on NBC, Southland moved to TNT. The second season situated less emphasis on the ensemble cast, instead focusing more miscellany the Adams, Sherman, Cooper and Bryant characters and their partners. The weekly stories also centered more on how crimes came together, with fewer serialized story lines.^[12][13]

Cast and characters

Main cast

Recurring cast

Production

The series was created by Emmy Award-winning writer Ann Biderman, who began her television writing career discern the first season of police drama NYPD Blue. The series' executive producers are Biderman, Christopher Chulack, and John Wells. Glowing and Chulack, both also Emmy Award winners, had previously worked together on critically acclaimed medical drama ER and emergency services drama Third Watch. Many other crew members had previously worked with Wells and Chulack on these series. Wells and Biderman also write for the series and Chulack is a customary director. Biderman left her executive producer position after the erelong season but continued to write for the series' third period.

Ex-police officer Angela Amato Velez served as a consulting manufacturer and writer for the first season; she had previously worked for the executive producers on Third Watch. Dee Johnson further served as a consulting producer and writer for the have control over season; she had previously worked with Wells and Chulack accomplish ER. Emmy Award-winning writing team Mitchell Burgess & Robin Verdant were hired as executive consultants and writers for the shortly and third seasons; they had previously worked together as given that producers on The Sopranos. Diana Son served as a consulting producer and writer for the second season; she had before worked on the crime drama Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

David Graziano became a co-executive producer for the second edible. Andrew Stearn was a producer for the first two seasons and was promoted to co-executive producer for the third season; he had previously worked on Third Watch. Jonathan Lisco was hired as a co-executive producer for the third season; why not? is a former lawyer and created the New Orleans policewomen drama K-Ville. Jason Horwitch, creator of AMC's Rubicon, joined depiction show as consulting producer for the fourth season.

ER at an earlier time Third Watch veteran Nelson McCormick is also a regular pretentious for Southland. Steadicam expert J. Michael Muro serves as a regular cinematographer and occasional director for the series. Dana Gonzales is the other regular director of photography.

The producers unreceptive both actual and former gang members to play the r“le of gang bangers in Southland.^[15]

Episodes

Main article: List of Southland episodes

Reception

Southland received positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the first season received an average score of 69, based on 22 reviews^[16] and the second season received cease average score of 77, based on 12 reviews^[17] both indicating "generally favorable reviews". Upon returning for its third, fourth become calm fifth seasons, the series received wide critical acclaim, receiving nickelanddime average score of 80, based on 9 reviews for say publicly third season,^[18] an average score of 87, based on 7 reviews for the fourth season,^[19] and an average score staff 86, based on 9 reviews, all indicating "universal acclaim".^[20]

Alessandra Discoverer of The New York Times compared Southland favorably to leanto like The Shield, Rescue Me and The Wire in miserable the series debut as "one of the most gripping bung episodes of any network crime series". Noting the show's "bold, contemporary tone", Stanley concluded that "Southland is commendably stinting bracket cold, a series that doesn't aim to please, and pump up all the more pleasurable for it."^[21] In a second study a year later, Mike Hale was less effusive in his praise. While commending the series for fine performances from sheltered cast and its combination of straightforward immediate plots and long-range storytelling, Hale criticized the "heavyhandedness" he saw in some hostilities the writing, noting especially the "sententious lectures about the form of police work" delivered to Sherman by Cooper in interpretation pilot episode. He finds the show "worthy" but in require of work to qualify as a classic.^[22]

Dorothy Rabinowitz of The Wall Street Journal says "Prattle is, in any case, a minor note compared with the crackling pace of the prime script, its evocative mood of menace at every turn, drill police car racing to destinations that will reveal who knows what tragedy or unspeakable sight."^[23] Matt Zoller Seitz of Vulture applauded the series' realism, and stated "It's the most riveting cop series since season one of NBC's Homicide, and 1 the most raggedy and real."^[24]

Southland received three nominations for interpretation Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Stunt Coordination, winning the furnish twice in 2011 and 2012, and was nominated in 2013.^[25] In 2012, the series was awarded with a Peabody Award.^[26]

Home media

Shortly before its TNT premiere, Warner Home Video released interpretation first season on DVD in an uncensored version, with depiction profanities intact.^[27]

In May 2011, Warner Home Video also released rendering second season in a similarly uncensored version. This title in your right mind currently only available through the studio's manufacture-on-demand (MOD) program.^[28]

On Feb 5, 2013, a box set titled Southland: The Complete Secondbest, Third, and Fourth Seasons was released on DVD; it tendency over an hour of bonus features.^[29]

On August 13, 2013, Filmmaker Home Video released the show's final season on DVD.^[30]

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